June 14, 2013, 12:02PM

The claim in the federal civil lawsuit that prosecutors improperly destroyed witness interview notes that could have helped Feese's defense is an argument Feese's lawyer has made unsuccessfully before. Full story »

December 12, 2012, 12:00AM

I was dumbfounded and filled with anger reading the story that our elected representatives would waste more of taxpayers' time and money even thinking about sending money to a convicted felon, Brett Feese, to put into his inmate account for spending on things that would make his time in prison more comfortable. I sure hope that Rep. Garth Everett... Full story »

December 04, 2012, 3:54PM

December 01, 2012, 1:05AM

Congratulations, Pennsylvania. It seems we broke a record this week. Thanks to former Sen. Robert Mellow, the commonwealth now has eight — that’s right eight — former state legislators in prison on corruption convictions. Observers believe that scandalous total is an all-time high for the Keystone State. (We have gotta now be a in league with New York... Full story »

April 29, 2012, 4:02PM

Former House Speaker Bill DeWeese’s sentencing last week to as much as five years in prison is just the latest sad chapter in a state history dotted with legislative corruption and malfeasance. All in all, it has been a bad start to the 21st century for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The editorial board looked at 14 former and current... Full story »

February 29, 2012, 5:14PM

Feese, 57, who formerly represented part of Lycoming County and at one time was head of the House Republican Campaign Committee, reported to the Dauphin County Prison on Tuesday as ordered. Full story »

February 10, 2012, 8:48PM

Defense attorney Joshua Lock vowed an immediate appeal when Judge Richard A. Lewis slapped Feese with 4 to 12 years in state prison, plus 2 years of probation, $25,000 in fines and $1 million in restitution. Full story »

February 10, 2012, 2:13PM

Defense attorney Joshua Lock talks with the press on Friday, February 10, 2012 after his client, former state Rep. Brett Feese was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in state prison by a Dauphin County judge for his role as a principal in the Computergate scandal involving House Republicans. Video by: CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News

January 13, 2012, 2:30PM

Dauphin County Judge Richard A. Lewis this afternoon sentenced convicted Computergate co-conspirator Jill Seaman to 9 to 23 months in county prison and ordered her to pay more than $20,000 in fines and $50,000 in restitution. Seaman, 59, of Dauphin, is the first person to be sentenced in the political corruption case, which involved charges that she and other... Full story »

November 04, 2011, 5:26PM

The Dauphin County jury that is weighing the so-called Computergate political corruption case will begin a fourth day of deliberations on Monday. Since late Tuesday the panel has been considering charges that ex-state Rep. Brett Feese and his former aide Jill Seaman were part of a $13 million conspiracy to divert state funds to GOP political purposes. Feese, 57,... Full story »

November 01, 2011, 9:26PM

For the second time in less than two years, a criminal case involving alleged corruption at the state Capitol is in the hands of a Dauphin County jury. This time, the jurors are weighing the fate of former state Rep. Brett Feese and his former aide, Jill Seaman, who for six weeks have been on trial in the so-called... Full story »

October 31, 2011, 10:47PM

After five weeks of testimony, the defense in the so-called Computergate public corruption trial of a former state lawmaker and his ex-aide boiled down to some simple concepts Monday. Attorneys for former state Rep. Brett Feese and Jill Seaman insisted in closing arguments that blame for the scandal rests with ex-state House Speaker John Perzel, who conceived the scheme... Full story »

October 30, 2011, 10:59PM

Lawyers in Pennsylvania’s government corruption trial are preparing to make their closing arguments. The summations on behalf of the state attorney general’s office and two defendants formerly connected to the House Republican caucus are scheduled for today in Dauphin County Court in Harrisburg as the trial enters its sixth week. Lawyers say the jurors could begin deliberations as early... Full story »

October 24, 2011, 7:06PM

HARRISBURG — Prosecutors finished presenting their case Monday in Pennsylvania’s legislative corruption trial, scrutinizing the relationship between the House Republican caucus’ political committee and underscoring the multimillion-dollar price that taxpayers paid for the alleged illegal campaign activity. Sheila Flickinger, finance director of the House Republican Campaign Committee, testified that a pair of contracts the committee initiated in 2003 and... Full story »